*nik*

n. [ Can + -kin. ] A small can or drinking vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Epinicial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Fine, a. + -kin. ] Precise in trifles; idly busy. [ Colloq. ] Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse. [ Written also finikin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ kibbutz + -nik. ] a member of a kibbutz. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Indian, literally, a mixture. ] Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by the Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry (Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi). [ Spelled also kinnickinnick and killikinick. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a member of a kolkhoz. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Also spelled mannikin. ] [ OD. manneken, dim. of man man. See Man, and -kin. ] 1. A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and organs, their relative position, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mannequin. [ PJC ]

n. [ OD. minneken a darling, dim. of minne love; akin to G. minne, and to E. mind. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A little darling; a favorite; a minion. [ Obs. ] Florio. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A little pin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Small; diminutive. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The name of a person, especially an alias or a nickname. [ slang ]
Syn. -- nickname, alias, sobriquet, cognomen. [ PJC ]

pos>suff. [ Yiddish, fr. Slavik suffix -nik indicating a person. ] A suffix attached to other words indicating a person with certain characteristics or associated with a certain group or behavior; as, beatnik, kibbutznik; it is sometimes used derogatorily; as in no-goodnik, peacenik. [ PJC ]

prop. n. (Greek Mythology) [ Gr., victory. ] The Greek winged goddess of victory; identified with Roman Victoria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A worthless, disreputable, or malicious person. [ slang ]
Syn. -- good-for-nothing. [ PJC ]

pos>n. [ Yiddish, fr. Russ. nudnyi tiresome. ] a pestiferous boring and dull person. [ PJC ]

n. [ See Pan a dish. ] The brainpan, or skull; hence, the crest. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of pan a dish. ] A small pan or cup. Marryat. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations. [ Derog. ]
Syn. -- dove. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Raskolniki r Raskolniks /plu>. [ Russ. raskol'nik dissenter, fr. raskol dissent. ] The name applied by the Russian government to any subject of the Greek faith who dissents from the established church. The Raskolniki embrace many sects, whose common characteristic is a clinging to antique traditions, habits, and customs. The schism originated in 1667 in an ecclesiastical dispute as to the correctness of the translation of the religious books. The dissenters, who have been continually persecuted, are believed to number about 20, 000, 000, although the Holy Synod officially puts the number at about 2, 000, 000. They are officially divided into three groups according to the degree of their variance from orthodox beliefs and observances, as follows: I. “Most obnoxious.” the
Judaizers; the
Molokane, who refuse to recognize civil authority or to take oaths; the
Dukhobortsy, or
Dukhobors, who are communistic, marry without ceremony, and believe that Christ was human, but that his soul reappears at intervals in living men; the
Khlysty, who countenance anthropolatory, are ascetics, practice continual self-flagellation, and reject marriage; the
Skoptsy, who practice castration; and a section of the
Bezpopovtsy, or priestless sect, which disbelieve in prayers for the Czar and in marriage. II. “Obnoxious:” the
Bezpopovtsy, who pray for the Czar and recognize marriage. III. “Least obnoxious:” the
Popovtsy, who dissent from the orthodox church in minor points only. [ Written also rascolnik. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]